Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-13
OTHERS NOT BLAMELESS.

The anarchists who were executed IN
Chicago on Friday were legally convicted
and Justly punished, according to the de-
cisions OF the highest courts OF the coun-
try and the opinion of Governor Oglesoy
OF Illinois. The law has been vindicated
and the culprits punished. It remains
now for the people to profit by the terri
BILE example shown by the fate OF these
men. They were not alone in their guilt
Others who will never be called to trial
are guilty in greater or less degree OF
| the crime for which these men suffered
death. There is responsibility for the
Haymarket riot not only in Chicago but
in every city and in every state in the
Union. Every man who, forgetful of his
duty as patriot, or inspired by lust fol
Office, countenanced or encouraged these
unholy considerations by cowardly quies
cence or tacit participation in these vicious
creeds, is in a manner responsible. The
boodler, the bribe giyer and the bride
taker are responsible; the political boss,
the oallor-box suffer and the ward bum
mer, who is anything for success, are re-
sponsible; corrupt legislators aud the
corruptors of legislators are responsible,
and so is every man who advocates mob
law, who shields criminals, who violates
laws made by the people, who conniVes
at thwsrting the popular will or who
does not boldly stand up for law, order
and constitutional methods responsible.
Not wilfully or consciously, in the
majority of cases, but innocentlY often,
and unwittingly. These men enumerated
are not anarchists; they would be
among the first perhaps to buckle on the
bayonet and defend the country
from anarchial designs, but they
breed the atmosphere and furnish
the indus in which the baleful exotic takes
root. Anarchy, pure and simple, can
never flourish on American soil. The
freedom of the press and the liberty OF
speech are such as to render this unnatu-
raj monster repulsiye to the accepted
ideas OF right and Justice. II is only in
countries where the liberty OF speech is
denied, and where the proletariat amounts
to cipher politically, that these ideas
are engendereG-onlT in the damp and
noisome caverns Of poverty ard op-
preston can this unwholesoma fungus
thrive; it willis and dies when exposed to
the bright sun of liberty that shines on
our free country. Every time a political
orstor tells the people Of the inequality OF
laws AMI the rule Of the rich. every time
be panders to the passions and pr JUDGES
OF classes, or encourages miscoEceiVed
ideas among men, he creates discomfort
among the masses, and it is this discon-
tent that nourishes the seeds Of violence.
The anarchist advocates murder and the
obstruction Of the rich while posing as q
friend of the poor; the densgogue does
not advocate violence, and would be
among the first to suppress 1t, but he,
too, poses as friend to the poor, and,
with glib tongue, graphically paints the
monopolist in such colors as to convince
most any one that killing would be too
good for them. The unthinking
masses cannot distinguish between
these too self constituted champions.
Americans who are familiar with
the institutions OF the country
are not misled, but the ignorant foreign
ers are not so fortunate. There are thou
sands of men in the country who look
upon the execution Of the Chicago an
srchists as a judicial murder. 1t is not
their fault but the fault CT the abuse OF
American liberty which has indoctrinated
them with false ideas. But the pendulum
will swing back again. Appeals to pas
sion and the vicious instincts Of man will
be froWned upon and healthier etmos-
phere will prevail. The execution OF the
bomb throwing foreigners will tighten
American ties, among Americans Ii
spirit and purpose, whether native or
foreign born, who will realize that the
laws OF the country are OF their own max.
ing, and if defective they themselves are
the responsible parties. It will arouse
people to O sense OF their
duties as freemen, who should
be constantly upon the watchtower OF
the citadel exercising that vigilance which
is the price of liberty. Those who come
from ebrosd with their bloody creeds will
see that Americans who have won theil
country's independence By valor and pa
trioiism, and who have made it one OF the
greatest nations On earth, are AWAY:
ready to as valiantly defend it from the
attacks OF foreign or domestic foes.